Follow Follow I Will Follow Jesus....

...anywhere, every where, I will follow on, everywhere HE leads me I will follow on! Good old hymn for a Band of Brothers in the army of the Lord of hosts. Just a short story, by an old man, for the glory of a Blessed Savior, one and only God our Savior, our Redeemer Messiah Jesu. Was getting some timber today for a project, minding my own business (shamefully so ) when the work of Jesus overtook me (bless HIS name for overcoming our selfish use of HIS time HE has given us). See the photo, Eric and Namachana. Bernard who helps us at our home, Bubba's Bible College Student, exalted the holy name of Christ our Lord to these 2 precious souls. I got sucked into the perfect storm of the spiritual war. Taught them of His Royal Highness, King of Righteousness, King of Shalom, Prince of Peace, Man of Sorrows who carried our grief and was wounded for our transgessions, bruised for our iniquity, the Healer of our Sins and their results, death; then preached repentance and faith in Jesus Messiah the only wise God. They claimed to believe in Him not trusting their religion. Gave them Bibles...now look again at the photo. I do love it so, this walk of the Word of Life!

Phil

Sunday Blessings

Yesterday, Melody and I visited with Jacob Nasibebo and the people he is ministering to. They meet Friday for discipleship and services on Sunday morning. From small beginnings in the Lord, great things appear, ask the Apostles.

During the service while prayer was being offered up, I took a picture of George and Kelvin [do not tell me my eyes should have been closed without giving me a verse...HA gotcha]. George, unchurched, starting coming to be discipled by Jacob. Now he is a faithful follower of Jesus Messiah our Savior. Kelvin has been coming faithfully for a few weeks, and joy of learning Christ is beginning to be seen in his life.

Grandma in middle of group picture, Jacob's 90 plus yr old Grandmother was singing and smiling all the time. She has gone to church since a girl, practicing witchcraft all along. The first time I met her she was mumbling in a 'tongue' Jacob had never heard but assures me it was not any Zambian language, ....you figure it out....while shaking her head at me with obivious anger; anyway a year later she came to services, proclaimed that she was now following the Jesus of the Bible that Jacob taught and repented of witchcraft. Been smiling ever since!

After the service, Jacob gave Kelvin a Bible. What glory is seen when our God and our Savior, Jesus Christ is our Life.


Servant of the most high God, Phil.

Please Forgive Me

I have struggled a bit since last post. Just tired all the time, and a shelf fell on me, got problems with neck and shoulder. Not complaining cuz at 61 am thankful to be able to do anything, just has reduced my time in the bush villages where the action mostly is.

There is one other pressing matter that has occupied my time and will for a while. Have been working on series of Lessons for our Zambian Pastors, leaders and anyone who wants to seriously minister for Jesu Kristo here in Zambia. Am on Lesson 30 at the moment and it is an effort to declare Jesu from Genesis to Revelation as Jehovah who is our Savior, our deliverer.

I am not a desk kind of guy, not a writer by choice, but this has been a direction the Lord has led me and it has been revolutionary, by their testimony, in the lives of those who have used it. It is 99.5% internal Scriptural evidence with a very small addition from generally accepted history, less than a 1/2 %. Enuff of that!

Yesterday, Pastor Kebby Malamo and his wife, Etambuyu met with me to determine their agreement for Kebby to go to our bush works for some days each month for training leadership. Etambuyu is a city girl like Melody, my wife. Bush jest ain't her thang! Opps my Texas jumped out before I cud stop it.

I told them to consider and pray over how much he could be gone without harming their home life, personal and family. I gave them a week or so to pray and discuss the issue, went to get them a sandwich and something to drink and Etambuyu was saying something to Kebby in Lozi. I caught all the words, but no understanding with my Texas mind.

When the old man returned to the table Kebby said Etambuyu had made her position clear as a Preacher/Evangelist's wife. When they married, Kebby was going for a week at a time to Evangelize. She knew it was right. What ever time he needed to strenghthen our ministry was good for her. The Lord had prepared her already to stand by Kebby and the ministry of Christ in which we labor together.

This is one step closer to the people we minister with, not needing me as they serve Christ from the heart. Our end goal is disciples of the Lamb of God, our blessed Redeemer, not disciples of man or man's religion.

Now we will not allow him long absences from home, but maybe 3 times for 4-5 days per trip every 2 months he will go to the Habbanyuku valley to train up leadership for the 2 churches there. Meanwhile he is at our home translating our material into Tonga and Lozi.

This morning Kebby came in the gate singing "I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free...." .....strange..?... naw, just glad to be free to serve the LORD JESUS who made Kebby free from sin and because HIS eye watches Kebby....I aked him!

Here is picture of Kebby with the smile of the Life of Christ shining out to a lost and dying world.

Well, am going to Habbanyuka tomorrow, maybe a new story for the pages of God's book regarding HIS work among the children of men!

Barely Sanctified by the Crucified, Fully Justified by the Resurrected.

Your servant for Christ, Phil

A Time To Rejoice

Greetings from Africa,

Been a while, sorry for the silence, working on extreme Scriptural discipleship material on Jesus Messiah Genesis to Revelation; this includes overseeing translation of same into Tonga and Lozi.

Yesterday and today we went to Simasiku and surrounding area with Pastor Jacob Nasibebo. We passed out Gospel booklets full of Scripture and showing who the Lord Jesus is. We started with 2 young men that came to greet us and taught them for about an hour. They bowed their heads and called on the Blessed Light and Eternal Word of Life, Jesu (old and Zambian English) for remission of sin and His life in them to follow Him.

Then we went and witnessed regarding Christ redeemer to some curio craftsmen, passing out Gospel Booklets to all we met. The Booklets included one called Help From Above which is simply scriptures topically arranged. Another one was "LOVE STORY" sent to us free of charge by Chick Publications for the booklets; altogether giving us 12,500 of them costing only $550 for shipping. Praise the Lord all that hath breath!

At one home several men said, "we know Pastor Jacob, he is a good Pastor, we will come to his services on Sunday! THEN (bated breath) !?!! strap on ur seatbelt, grab ur Bible, Uncle Bubba Phil is going to tell a story of glory....Pastor Jacob said, "I want us to go see an old man. It is told that he practices in the darkness of Satan and every one is afraid to go to his home. None of the preachers will go tell him about Jesus ". [side note, most of the preachers in the area are greedy hirling religionists, by all accounts shepherds that fleeeoowwweeee in face of the enemy] The motor sped up, dust boiled out from the tires of the Toyota, prayers, praise and supplication were offered, hearts of anticipation pounded as we slud in (Dizzy Dean's baseball term for u old timers) to the side of the road, bailed out and went to see this soul adrift in the sea of darkness in Satan's realm.

The old man greeted us as long lost friends and said we were welcome to bring the words of Leza (God). There, to him and two young men, I told quickly the story of Deuteronomy 5:22 thru 27,28,29 of mouths saying one thing but hearts far from the truth. Then I told the story of Baalim, a tragic story of blessing the Hebrew with his mouth while working deceit to provide for their vision the wicked, rioting, vulgar rituals that brought on illicit relations between the men of Israel and the Moabite women. In turn it worked destruction by the wrath of the Lord for their wickedness. And Baalim, though realizing his error in repentance, was found dead in the midst of his kinsmen when Israel conquered in the land of Canaan.

Silence, no reply, moment pregnant with the power of the Scriptural truth...then I shared that the only relief from sin, is complete repentance toward God and obedient faith in Jesus Christ the Lord of glory to save us from our sins.

With that we arose to depart and the old man said, 'You are welcome to return and tell us more of Jesu!"

AND so shall it be if the Lord our almighty, Jehovah our salvation, Jesu (u know!) will keep us breathing and moving for HIM.

Today, Jacob said before he was saved, converted to Christ when he met HIM thru Bible study I conducted at Victoria Falls, he was afraid of that old man. Jacob said, "yesterday was a real blessing, uplifting to me to go without fear and tell that old man of the Lord Jesu, our God and our Savior."

Picture is of Jacob serving Christ, the Lord of all the earth.

Blessings from our Father of lights,

Phil "Uncle Bubba" in Zambia Africa

Nakumpatu and the mighty hand of Jesus!

Will any come forward...we preached Christ Jesus the only Savior, Deliverer from sin to His righteousness...4 verses of song so far no response to invitation to believe on Him who died for us...oh here is one, was sure there are some here who had not yet repented to the Lord and had faith in in Jesus Christ.....This is typical in Church services here in villages of the bush. They do not usually respond quickly at closing hymn when they are invited to come forward and publicly call on the Lord for forgiveness of sin and deliverance from Satan by believing Christ for new birth, new Life, His life in them.

NOT NAKUMPATU!!! Sunday morning, as the closing song first started 8 precious souls came forward, immediately, no hesitation, now now as they say in vernacular English...I mean right NOW...Pastor Kebby had given the plea for them to receive Jesus.

I had taught and preached Christ who died for our sins and is new Life for any that call upon HIM for deliverance from the power of Satan and darkness. I preached they must have a sorrowful repentant heart toward the only Most High God and Savior and call on HIM the Lord, Jesus Christ, with obedient faith in Him to forgive their sins and give them HIS righteousness and His eternal Life.

HERE THEY COME! Pastor Kebby had started singing with his eyes still closed from praying after extending the invitation for them to come forward receiving Christ as Savior, Redeemer, Lord, Master. His eyes popped wide open as he heard the foot steps of those rushing forward to proclaim faith in Jesus! He told me later he was not sure what was happening, he had never seen it like this before.

8 came, one to give thanks to Jesus for saving him. 7 said they had come forward because they wanted the Lord, Jesus Christ, to be their Savior and with all their heart wanted to follow ONLY HIM forever!!

YEAH, GLORY, HALLELUJAH, these people were rejoicing...joy did abound, Almighty God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob was exalted in Praise, Jehovah our Salvation, that would be JESU CHRISTU, was seen the Captain of our Salvation, the Word of Life...well I could go on about HIM the King of Kings, Lord of lords, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace...I mean where do we stop in praising HIM for being our Truth, the Way, the Life that is the Light of the World.........

Oh by the way, our newest ministry from Victory Baptist Church in the Habbanyuka Valley, Victory Care for the Vulnerable, is moving under the direction of Javist Mukua. The picture is an old man of Nakupatu receiving blankets for him and his wife. What a joy to help the needy in the Holy name of Jesus, Lord God Messiah!

Phil signing off to see why we have had no water supply at home for 2 days...just another African adventure!

Grandmama Simasiku

It was October 2009 that I met her. Her grandson, Jacob now a Pastor, had just come out of the wicked cult of Rastapharianism and introduced her to me.

She was sitting outside her little hut, mumbling to herself. She was not happy I was there. She practiced witchcraft and had been a church member most of her life. I know, I know, one can't serve 2 masters, and from the way she regarded me I knew who her dark master was. I prayed.

Meanwhile back at the hut a few days later, on the way to see Jacob, she turned her back on me muttering, and peeping like a wizard out of Leviticus. She would wave her hand at me to stay away. I prayed for her.

The other night, we had an incident at our home where I was sure some evil spirit had followed someone in our house home from a village. I realized about 3 AM when I woke up. I prayed, it left, the air cleared, the oppression of darkness lifted (others in the house realized something had been wrong and said so the next day). Then with a song in my heart, I began to pray for the people we minister with and Grandmama came to mind. I prayed for her to be delivered from witchcraft, darkness and the clutches of the Satan.

A couple of days later we past her hut and saw her laying outside, asleep. I prayed for Jesus to save her.

Day before yesterday, Jacob told me that Grandmama Simasiku came to his house and said she wanted to put away witchcraft and follow Jesus. Well today we were with Jacob's discipliship group and here came Grandmama. At the end of Jacob and me speaking on the love of God and being born again, Grandmama said in Tonga,"I could have gone anywhere but I came here. Now I will follow only Jesus, believe on HIM."

Glory, I prayed!!

Till we meet again,

Phil

NEW CHAPTER OLD STORY

I know, it has been a long time...am somewhat sorry.

Tired, weary, feeble weak (definition of "sick" James 5) today. Bush truck is sick, no trip as planned to Habbanyuka valley this weekend. Discouraged?...yeah a bit.

Knock at gate, who is that? another problem probably. "Someone to see Phil", Bernard called out. "OK OK coming" feet draggin, old Dragon jabbing, complaint forming on my lips : ( ...open gate??????? : )

: > () GLORY !!!!!!!! THERE SHE WAS, Grenda. Yeah Grenda (spelled Glenda). What joy came to my soul. "Melody, Grenda is here from Njabalombe!"

In 2001, we had returned to Njabalombe to hold a second meeting and have a baptism. When it came time to baptize, Grenda went into the water, was thrown backwards out of the Zambian preacher's hands and went under...she did not come up...the preacher grabbed her...realizing she was not saved and evil, familiar spirits were trying to drown her. She was dragged from the water by several people and laid on the bank.

Finally she got up but could hardly walk, started vomiting, grunting like swine, growling like a dog, staggering, falling, crawling, trying to stand...it dawned on me then that she was possessed of foul and evil spirits of darkness of Satan. The Pastors with us just let her go...I had no idea what to do, but I knew she had said she wanted to follow the Lord Jesus.

I grabbed one of the Pastor's that was a good friend and told him we must do something...he shrugged and followed me to her. They are so used to it that they did not know to deal with it and I did not know how. Now friends, this next is on a video taken by a missionary from Mexico who was visiting... from across the river where he was video taping the baptism he said"it is very cold this women is overcome by the cold"...."no, I think she is possessed of demons, we have seen this in Mexico". About that time, you can here me,"OH GOD, WE NEED SOME HELP DOWN HERE!" and folks, i weren't kiddin.

We had a team from States with us and they were backin us up .... way back, yeah and still backin up... Grenda was growling as we were bending over her. I opened her eyelids and her eyes were completely rolled back in her head, yeah dear Lord we need some help. I asked the Zambian preachers to interpret for me as I held her eyelids open asking her if she wanted the demons or Jesus, she managed to mumble Jesu...then she went wild then stiffened out like a board, I mean like a 2X12, completely rigid...now close your eyes for this next, I promise it is true, I was there but wondering why me, Lord...remaining rigid as a board, arms stiff at her side, no flex in her body, legs and all , she started raising up off the ground to a 45 degree angle with only the backs of her heels touching the ground ... we pushed her back down, took 3 of us! She came up again, we pushed her down muscles of 3 grown men straining, she 'tilted' up again, DOWN LADY we pushed again.

Then I called out to the Lord, "she wants Jesus please drive these evil spirits from her' she convulsed, growling barking, writhed on the ground then went still and Hallelujah, relaxed. Her eyes opened, and as she came to a smile of joy spread across her face, the same smile she was wearing today when I opened my gate. Smile of deliverance, joy, relief, and soon called on the LORD to be her Saviour. Back to the water, this time coming out rejoicing shouting Glory Hallelujah, thanking Jesus for forgiveness of sins. Yeah Buddy as we says in Texas, the Lord sent Glory, named Glenda, called Grenda to my gate today, I needed some rejoicing!

Phil